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Shopping at the Pentagon

January 27, 2012 at 10:50 PM Leave a comment

Yep, it’s true.  There are shops at the Pentagon. Given the nature of the corporatocracy we live in, I don’t know why I’m surprised:

America’s Most Dangerous Mall: Going Shopping at the Pentagon

Take a tour at the link above.

Here are some of the high low lights:

Chocolate Rain (of Terror)

If it has patriotic value, the Edward Marc candy shop can make something chocolatey out of it. (The Marine Corps logo? Semper Fi, fat boy.) Inexplicably, the chocolatier is one of the first things a visitor sees after coming up the escalator from the Metro entrance. This edible model of the building costs only $1.95.

The World’s Deadliest Tchotchkes

By far the most meta store in the Pentagon. From windbreakers to shot glasses to snapback baseball caps, the gift shop turns the movie version of the Pentagon — the fantasy one where it’s all war-planning, all the time — into cheesy collectables to hawk to the out-of-towners and class trips that take the daily guided tours. If only they made a sweatshirt with an image of an idle lieutenant colonel waiting to be promoted.

Filed under: We the People, Wars, Terror, Financial Crisis, Corporatocracy, Fear and Our Tax Dollars.

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